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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Modern · Graphic Novels, Memoir, Comics

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

by Alison Bechdel
2006 · 232 pages · Nonfiction
64 Modern ★ 4.07 on Goodreads · 210K ratings
≈ 6 hours to read · about 2 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

On 2 canon lists, including NYT 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. 4.07★ from 210K Goodreads ratings.

By the numbers

64Must-Read Score
  • Critics70 out of 100 · counts 35%+28
  • Readers63 out of 100 · counts 50%+36
  • Buzz0 out of 100 · counts 15%+0

Buzz rewards prizes and lists from the last few years, so older books start at zero.

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True story, Moving

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